When, in 1961, President John Kennedy announced his plan to land an American on the lunar surface by the end of the decade, ... During that test, the escape rocket [at the top of the Saturn V, ...

The Saturn V rocket used by NASA to launch Americans to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s remained the most ... This was the most straightforward of the proposed mission plans, favored by NASA ...

On Aug. 26, 1967, that 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket − which weighed 18-million pounds − crawled out of the VAB at approximately one mile per hour. It's destination: the new launch pad known ...

SpaceX tests its Starship rocket in a dramatic ... old record holder—the Apollo era’s Saturn 5, with its 3.4 million ... thanks to the SLS—has been going precisely according to plan.

By this stage, plans for crewed missions aboard the Saturn I had been abandoned, ... It lifted off on 9 November 1967, marking the maiden flight of the iconic Saturn V rocket.

The Saturn V carried man to the moon and remains the most powerful rocket to successfully launch to orbit. It captures the imagination -- but sometimes, it might capture a bit too much imagination.

The Saturn V rocket was part of the technology that made the Apollo mission successful and played a pivotal role in launching Apollo 11 to the Moon in 1969, marking a turning point in human history.

The Saturn V rocket that stands outside the rocket center in Huntsville is a mock-up as well. Dismantling the Saturn 1B rocket, shown here on Sept. 14, 2023, at the Alabama welcome center near the ...